"Get rid of -- or at least decrease the use of -- instant replay," Carroll said. "I get all the reasons why we have instant replay, and technology has opened up a new world for us to get to this point. But I miss the human element of trusting the officials to make the calls in the moment and then the rest of us having to live with what they called. It was both fun and frustrating, but I really liked the game better when the officials were just as much a part of the game as the players."

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This will never, ever happen. With that said, I agree 100%. Part of the reason I enjoy High School Football so much is that it’s still pure football. No interruptions from a million different replays. My somewhat realistic solution to the replay problem is to give each coach 2 challenges, everything is challengeable. There is no booth review within 2 minutes, every challenge must initiate from a coach. You don’t get another challenge for getting one right. Replay reviews have a 2 minute “shot clock” and must be viewed in real time. If 2 minutes of viewing expires the call on the field automatically stands.

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John Murphy talks about it all the time. He wants to get rid of rep﻿lay too, but in ﻿absence of that ﻿has called for ﻿replay ﻿to be only allowed at full speed.

I'm no purist, by any means. I think if technology can make the game better, then it should be taken advantage of. I would really like to see replay used to catch the egregious penalties missed by officials; especially game-changers. If they're egregious, then they should be able to be seen at full speed; very quickly, at that.

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I'm no purist, by any means. I think if technology can make the game better, then it should be taken advantage of. I would really like to see replay used to catch the egregious penalties missed by officials; especially game-changers. If they're egregious, then they should be able to be seen at full speed; very quickly, at that.

I just think they need to go back to only reversing calls when there is clear and incontrovertible evidence. That needs to be reemphisized. If there is any gray area, they need to let the play stand. If it requires multiple angles pieced together, let it stand. If it requires super slow motion, let it stand.

The officials should have an innocent until proven guilty mentality, and look for reasons to let the play stand instead of reasons to reverse it.

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I just think they need to go back to only reversing calls when there is clear and incontrovertible evidence﻿. That needs ﻿to be reemphisized If there is any gray area, they need to let the play stand. If it require﻿s multiple ﻿angles ﻿pieced together, let it stand. If it requires super slow motion, let it stand.

The officials should have an innocent until proven guilty mentality, and look for reasons to let the play stand instead of reasons to reverse it.